Stand | Upright position Resistance state Test of time |
T
rees die standing up - here is a familiar image subject asking questions of what constitutes the natural. These unfortunate perennial woody plants are dead by virtue of growing in a location that became flooded by humanity's desire to fashion an artificial recreational fishing lake. Yet in their stoic condition, they now provide a new ecological environment for divergent life. After a long hike around the northeast side of the reservoir, as I was engaged making this photograph, woodpeckers were very busy hammering on the expired tree trunks, perhaps digging out insect infestation. From a distance, would aliens observing this planet consider man's activity as unnatural? When we look at nature, are we looking at ourselves?
“A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” - Lou Holtz
